The Kepler driver should be included because that’s required to support the Apple official licensed GTX680 Mac Edition card.
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So what’s the cheapest graphics card for Mojave on a 5,1?
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The Kepler driver should be included because that’s required to support the Apple official licensed GTX680 Mac Edition card.
5 year old technology used to be old in computers. Now on a MAC that is close to 10 years old not so much.
$30 for a brand new one on eBay... I suppose that's the definitive answer for "cheapest Mojave graphics card."
But need to make sure buy the correct Kepler card. Not the Fermi.
I did not know that a Kepler GT 610 exists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_600_series
Wiki lists only a GF119 chip. "The GeForce GT 610 card is a rebranded GeForce GT 520"
Wiki lists only a GF119 chip. "The GeForce GT 610 card is a rebranded GeForce GT 520"
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the GT 610 is a Fermi card no Kepler version exists
the Fermi cards do seem to work in Mojave but im not sure how support will be going forward. System Profiler reports them as supporting metal but I have heard other reports of them not actually showing up under Metal applications...
if your looking for a nice cheap Kepler card that will for sure support Metal I recommend looking up a list of Kepler cards and sorting by low end first and having a look around and seeing whats what
the NVIDIA GPU drivers will work with most PC cards these days Be it GeForce, Quadro or NVS, im surprised MVC has not made some GT 710 Mac editions those could be quite popular....
the Fermi cards do seem to work in Mojave but im not sure how support will be going forward. System Profiler reports them as supporting metal but I have heard other reports of them not actually showing up under Metal applications...
if your looking for a nice cheap Kepler card that will for sure support Metal I recommend looking up a list of Kepler cards and sorting by low end first and having a look around and seeing whats what
the NVIDIA GPU drivers will work with most PC cards these days Be it GeForce, Quadro or NVS, im surprised MVC has not made some GT 710 Mac editions those could be quite popular....
Okay, interesting. So you’d actually want a GT 710 and not 610 to make sure it supports Metal. It’s just as cheap...
Maybe the trick with the Nvidia cards is to cross-reference Kepler arch. and Vukan API, and NOT just to go by the branded number.
To “go up from there” might not work if you score a GT 730 that happens to have Fermi, but after that seems to be pretty safe for getting Keppler or the later Maxwell and Pascal arch. But maybe not as far as a Titan V Founder’s Edition if you’re splurging
.If true, you could even start with a GT 630, IF you get the right one: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units
Would be interesting to know if the cutoff for Metal 2.0 is Vulcan 1.1, in which case GT 1030 thru 1080 and Titan would be the way to go for Nvidia cards?
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I could only guess, if my logic about Vulkan API support for Nvidia cards holds up, then an AMD W7000 and its ilk might work: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units.
But Mohave might need a later version of Vulkan, 1.1 or whatever comes after this, to support GCN 3rd generation and later.
You might already know that drivers for workstation cards aren’t optimized for gaming tho, but if you’re like me and don’t use your 5,1 for that, it might keep you up and running for the basics in Mohave
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I could only guess, if my logic about Vulkan API support for Nvidia cards holds up, then an AMD W7000 and its ilk might work: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units.
But Mohave might need a later version of Vulkan, 1.1 or whatever comes after this, to support GCN 3rd generation and later.
You might already know that drivers for workstation cards aren’t optimized for gaming tho, but if you’re like me and don’t use your 5,1 for that, it might keep you up and running for the basics in Mohave
If I figure out a way to make it fit in the MP I'll try it and report back. Looks like I may need to hacksaw part of the metal bracket off it - too long to fit in the case.
I have the 1060 and it doesn't work, due to no Nvidia web driver. I backslid to a GTX680 2G Which does work, shows a boot screen and shows as Metal compatible. HDMI audio doesn't work though (it does in High Sierra)...
I think the GTX680 is flashed Mac and the 1060 isn't.
I used by to GT120 to do the firmware update FYI.
Hi,
please excuse me if I say anything stupid here but I can't claim to really know what I'm doing and I've been struggling with this issue for a long time looking for a solution. Your post seems to match my setup so I'm hoping you can help me.
I'm running a 2010 Mac Pro 5,1 with a GTX680 (non Mac version not flashed) with Sierra. I cannot complete the upgrade to High Sierra as it keeps telling me to perform the Firmware Upgrade in a restart but that just keeps looping.
I decided to give the GTX680 flash a try but of course I only have that GPU so I can never access the screen before boot up. Is my only option to buy something like a GT120 and stick it in there so I can get the boot screen to perform the flash?
Or am I missing something silly?
This is the upgrade video I'm following:
Thanks.
For the firmware update that's in 10.13.6, you must have a proper Mac graphics card installed.
I do keep a Radeon 5870 and a GT120 around just for that purpose. Both for High Sierra and for Mojave there is a firmware update that must be applied. I did swap in the 5870 to do the firmware updates.
I would looks around the thrift stores or eBay if need be, but these shouldn't be $?
Thanks guys. At least I was somewhat on the right track.
Sourcing those from the bottom of Africa is slightly harder but not impossible. Are those the best two options?
Just flash your GTX 680 with eVGA GTX 680 Mac edition firmware.
I have HD5770 but I can't even run Fortnite as it says I need Metal Supported graphic.
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That's the path I'm trying to follow however I'm not sure how to do that when the GTX680 is the only card; the video I'm following requires the FW update to be done after booting into DOS and my card cannot display anything before booting into MacOS it seems.
Is there a way to do the FW update from within Sierra?
Ok so how can GTX-700 (Kepler) work on Mojave? I think I tried it once in Sierra without luck. Any possible flashing?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_700_series